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Show English Amdmsys Mmk To Life? By GARY R. BLODGETT Cjj News Editor yi0 I . CENTERV1LLE--This community's historic histor-ic ) 'cal English Academy may be coming to life. o AFTER BEING vacated or used only sparing- 'y for the past few years, the old school at 1248 North Main has prospects of new life as a children's chil-dren's day-care development center and school for performing arts. J New owners, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Anderson, of -.- Cache Valley, approached City Council last , Tuesday night to seek continued conditional use of the building. A conditional use permit in the Past has been in effect for performing arts, pre school and day-care center, the council confirmed. con-firmed. BUT WHETHER the same conditional use will be effective for the new owners remains a question the council is studying. "If conditional use stays with the property (until changed by the City Planning Commission) Commis-sion) then there is no need fora public hearing or further action." said Mayor Neil Blackburn. "HOWEVER. IF the conditional use permit pertains only to the owner who received the permit, then the new owners must apply for a new permit and this can be done only after a public hearing." Mrs. Anderson said there is no question but what the activities planned at the Academy will be day-care and performing arts for children. "I HAVE CONDUCTED these services in Cache Valley and want to pursue my vocation here in Centerville," she told the council. "We intend to improve the building, landscape the exterior, and provide additional off-street parking park-ing for 17 cars." She emhhasized that the day-care center w ill be a dev elopment center as w ell as care-center for children. "It will be much more than a nursery, it w ill be a school for development of CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO English Academy CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE pre-school youngsters," she said. MRS. ANDERSON was enthusiastic in explaining ex-plaining to the council that the building is "just perfect for a day-care development center and is suitable for combined use of performing arts, especially for children. "It has all the interior facilities, including a stage, and there is plenty of outside playground area. "It's going to take some remodeling and a lot of clean-up, but it can be the finest facility of its kind in the state," she said. THE ANDERSONS showed letters of approval approv-al from the County Fire and Health Departments, Depart-ments, as well as the State Social Services Department, De-partment, approving the structure with minor improvements. They said the center would be open weekdays during the day for children and in the evenings for performing arts. "Classes would not be held beyond 9:30 p.m.," she said. COUNCILMAN Dennis Knoles said he would like to see the facility used occasionally for adult performing arts. He is a member of the Bountiful Bounti-ful Community Theatre board of directors. "I know parking at the academy would be a problem in some cases," he said. "But there is adequate parking at the nearby J. P. Stewart Elementary school during the evenings." THE ANDERSONS emphasized that most "infractions" for fire safety and health have been corrected and everything will be brought up to standard before the school is opened later this spring. Mrs. Anderson is a BYU graduate of child development and has a state certificate to teach child development classes. They said they would follow the suggestion of Mayor (Neil) Blackburn and contact neighbors of the school -- even if a public hearing or further action by the council is not necessary to approve the facility. "WE WANT a good relationship with the neighbors and all residents of Centerville and we plan to reside here ourselves," they told the council. Council members said they could not see any serious problems in meeting the request of the Andersons and welcomed them into the com-munity com-munity and wished them success. |